Lori began planning more than a year ago. The day before the wedding, a PlumpJack staffer confided: "We're not really set up to handle a dinner for 250 people, much less 400 people, but we're going to make it work."

That's usually how it is with Lori -- she knows what she wants and makes it work. That plus the fact that pal Hillary Newsom Callan has some pull as a PlumpJack exec.

The bride wore a streamlined white gown with spaghetti straps by Jin Wang and a full veil and carried a bouquet of white roses. The groom went Squaw Valley casual in a dark blazer and pants, white shirt and icy blue tie.

Lori, who is usually brass tacks, was uncharacteristically nervous, muffing a few of her vows and putting her husband's wedding ring on the wrong finger, but nobody held it against her when they saw that big, enthusiastic smile.

The reception was populated by the aforementioned guests and lots of beautiful young people, thanks in part to a crew of makeup artists and hairstylists brought in from Tahoe City and 77 Maiden Lane in San Francisco to make everyone look better than their best. The groom, a 6-foot-4 former water polo player, invited his tall and taller teammates, which led to the night's running joke: "Have you seen my husband?" "How tall is he?" "About 5 foot 10." "Oh, you'll never find him in this crowd."

During the chicken dinner, there were toasts to the bride and groom and their parents, Michelle and Larry Puccinelli Sr. and Susan and Neal Bischel. Peter endured the minor humiliation of having his childhood nickname, "Peaches, " explained to the crowd, and ribbing from his friends, who didn't exactly call him a softy but alluded to his kowtowing to Lori's strong personality. No matter. Like Lori, he knows what he wants and made it happen. "My bride," he told her in front of everyone, "makes me the happiest person alive."

In other Tahoe area news, tickets are selling briskly for the League to Save Lake Tahoe's fashion show, sponsored by Saks Fifth Avenue on Aug. 2.

Oscar de la Renta is returning for the second year, and the Bay Area's finest fashion plates are already planning what to wear and what to buy. Organizers Dolph and Emmy Andrews and others hope, naturally, that Oscar's fashions are not the only thing that tempt the checkbooks.

The big auction item is a week for eight guests at Berenice Roth Spalding's Waiulaula, on the big island of Hawaii. With transportation included, the trip value is $28,000. Fashion-show hostess Mara Fritz and family are offering 10 days at their Tahoe estate for a party of eight; Joan Gibb will give a tour of Thunderbird Lodge after a cocktail cruise on the lake; and Sally Hamon's involved in a "Discover Dallas!" package. You expected El Paso?